Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
FASHION MATTERS.
COstumers and OPiginatOrs OF Stylos
Looking Months Ahead.

Costumers and Orginators OF stylos
Looking Months Ahead.
Velvet and plush will play a great
role in next winters fashions; hut. of
course, Il great use will be made for
them for fall wear
Plaid pattern velvets. which. how
ever pretty. had no great success last
year. will appear in new designs.
These will be quite different and fewer
colors will be used.
The regular old Scotch patterns will
be in fashion. and green and blue
fields will again be introduced as a
nouUeaute.
A great deal of effect is produced
by gold threads and check vcivets. the
whole being in large and small squares.
interviewer with small lines. Gold ef-
fects in combination with the mat SO
called. Gobclin colors. are especially
pretty. Combinations. rs of mignOn-
cite with gold. mat lilac with gold
and tobacco with gold, are very at
tractivc.
A great many checks. closely imi.
taied after the wooden patterns OF last
season. are comm out. the effect lines
of which are formed partly by smooth
and partly by frise wove. but thcy can
hardly be considered rs new.
Striped patterns in velvet and plush
are 50. however. whom they have the
ripes i'm MORE, and this combination
is very ''new."
Among new patterns we have seen
heliotropc MORE crossed with lilac vel
vet, partly in stripe and partly in
check designs.
This pattern is being brought out in
all the fashionable shades-mignOn.
cite with dark green; lapis blue with
turquoise bl,e. Of course, dot pat
terms in silks and velvets will also be
made use Of
In MORE there will he. IN the way Of
contras ing goods. velvet dots, partly
alter mating MORE and stripes. formed
Of velvet or plush dots.
A great deal of attention is being
given to mechanically produced seal
skin plush. 1t is either one colored G:
striped. and with jacquard designs.
Stuffs that formerly would bring
from ten TO twelve marks. because
thew were hand made. can now be sold
for half that price. as they are mo
| chanically made. They are princi-
ra,lv intended for the cloak confection
and are meeting with great deal oil
favor.
We shall have sealskin cloaks that
would have cost very high formerly at
moderate prices. Sealskin. in fact.
has been suddenly put down rs an ar
ticle en- masse. which shows the great
stocks on hand at present. In spite OF
this, however. handmade goods in
sealskin are in as good demand al
ever.
Among the new goods and patterns
arc moire in combination with satin
and faille tissues. striped and plaid.
A very fine thing is shown in velvet
frise stripes on . brocaded gsuze
ground.
| Check tissues in new designs. formed
by simple lines. is the peculiarly o.
the new suff vanini. A very pleasing
PATTERN of dots are shown in satin
d'Italie.
Cosmopolite is combinati Of dos
with long trellis patterns in stripes,
while f.randole is of satin and sill
c.uze str;pes. the latter with verv pref
tily embroidered mile fleurs designs
The eviva is very handsome 10 1T
designs-,hc effect is heightened by thu
iuxtaposition of colored satin and fail.'
stripes formed of dots.
Alicante shows palm and arabesqu'
designs in very rich colorA-A I
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